Actually, Guy Mariano's switch 360 flip is from the intro to Tim & Henry's Pack of Lies (1992), which came out right after Love Child (if I'm not mistaken). So yeah, Jed and Guy were doing switch 360 flips around the same time. If Guy had done one in Video Days (1991), I think that would have made Jason Lee quit in frustration. Haha.
Dude I never realized how dope Shamil Randall was for back then. Switch inward heel 5-0, and his overall style is so clean compared to anybody at that time.
What happened to Jed Walters?? Man... this era. People use “90’s” or “early 90’s” as a catch all for the “Big Pants Small Wheels” era, but in reality it only lasted one and a half years, from late 1991-early 1993 and peaked in 1992. Questionable and Love Child are the prime documents of this style. When you factor in filming and its California epicenter, it took awhile for the trend to reach the rest of the country and eventually dissipate. By the time of Virtual Reality and New World Order, (mostly) the same skaters were wearing noticeably less absurdly baggy jeans (usually light denim blue) and white t-shirts. Sounds kind of silly, but that was totally the next phase. This was also hugely evident with the debut of Girl. However, it took awhile for everyone else to catch up and many skaters still dressed exactly like Goofy Boy up until 1995 (Jnco jeans must’ve had peak sales in the period). Then the Hesh vs. Fresh thing really takes off and it’s basically a variant of the “93 ‘Til” style or the Cardiel/Speyer gnar flannel look, which lasts until 2000 and is still pretty common up to the present. While we’re all pretty nostalgic for this time, I gotta say it was kind of a mess. Their overall lack of pop and grace makes it hard to truly love (with some notable exceptions). It was ultimately a transitional phase amidst a larger transitional era.
First, I agree. Jed is probably the biggest one-hit wonder of 90s skating. Love Child blew all our minds (I actually liked it more than Questionable at the time) and Jed’s super high, fully popped kick flip over that little drive way gap was a glimpse into the future. The only other person to really pop a kick flip in a video in or around 92 was Koston in the second 101 video. Jed is a legend from this one video part alone. As for your summary of the fashion changes of early into mid 90s skating, I think you outlined it well. And what’s underneath much of it is the reminder that in a pre-internet world, trends were organic and spread slowly - never fully making it everywhere before a new one would come to replace it. I remember wearing Blind Jeans with the cut off bottoms and shell toes (which were also making a slow return in hip hop fashion at the time) and kids at my school were bugging. There were like five skaters at the school that year. (Five years earlier and there were probably 30) But that look and feel, as you note, was over with so quickly. Only a year and half later tons of non-skaters were embracing that style through rave culture and it was both thrilling and disgusting to see something that was ours (skaters) mutate and migrate to a different sub culture - with so many never really knowing the origin. Pre-internet times were fascinating.
@@adamgoodell5805 You've described it so well. "Pre-Internet" should be heavily emphasized, for sure. I'm curious where you grew up skating, because there were only about 5 skaters in my school (give or take) during this period and it was extremely unpopular. This was in Aurora, CO (outside Denver). We'd regularly hear "Skate or die, f*gg*t!" shouted out of cars passing our favorite local spot, Target. There were lots more skaters across the Denver metro area and its suburbs, but it was still a very niche thing. Since it took a minute for skating trends to reach us, I'd say Big Pants, Small Wheels was still going strong throughout 1993. However, the Virtual Reality/white t-shirt, stone-washed baggy jeans had sunk in by the fall. I started getting really hyped on Stereo (which definitely became my favorite company throughout 94), as their aesthetic started coming together. Also, I remember buying SNUFF around Christmas 93 and that had a huge affect on me. It's funny how you described the mutation of the style throughout the remainder of the 90's; it definitely was simultaneously "thrilling and disgusting" to see so many people in clownishly-baggy, cut-off jeans. It was also hilarious in the late 90's when girls started cutting off the top of their jeans; frayed waists and belly button rings. So gross.
@@bennyshambles I went to high school in Cleveland Heights, OH. In the 87-89 Bones Brigade-Animal Chin-Psycho Skate days, there were probably something like 30 or 40 skaters in the middle schools and high school, but by 1990 almost everyone quit. Only the most die-hard stayed on and entered into this new era of big noses, double kicks, Gizmos and Droors. It was an interesting time. My heaviest most die hard skater days were 88-94 and I’d say by even 92 I only knew like 12 skaters personally. But we lived through these videos obviously - like everyone. I’d imagine it was a similar scene all over. I moved to NYC in my 20s and even people I’ve met around here say by 92 the skate population had shrunk a ton. Maybe that’s why the early 90s was such an innovative period for skating (only the most dedicated were doing it). It was an insular, rough period -. but so so important for what was to come.
@@adamgoodell5805 Ah, yes. Totally. I started skating when I was 9 years old (first board was the first Gonz Vision, bought as a complete at Sessions) in that exact same time frame. I was super young, but I remember how popular it was and how it started losing steam majorly right around the time Ban This was released. It seemed like SK8TV was intended to capitalize on this wave, but aired at the same time the craze had began to decline. It makes sense that it was entering the most interesting, innovative and exciting era because, as you said, only the most dedicated were involved. The magazines and videos were huge lifelines.
Aahhhh man, these were the days. Gritty. Big pants. Little wheels. Hip Hop. EMB was bangin'. 90's skating FTW.
Rest easy Jed 🙏
Jed with the first switch tre in a video part (that I can recall). We all went nuts.
thanx from italy...best sk8board...era ....the higer point reached by sk8....conpliments for the high quality
The BEST era! The baggy pants, Souls of Mischief. All good vibes. Skating seemed more pure.
That switch 360 flip from Jed was one of the first off stairs. Guy mariano has the absolute first one ever in video days
Actually, Guy Mariano's switch 360 flip is from the intro to Tim & Henry's Pack of Lies (1992), which came out right after Love Child (if I'm not mistaken). So yeah, Jed and Guy were doing switch 360 flips around the same time.
If Guy had done one in Video Days (1991), I think that would have made Jason Lee quit in frustration. Haha.
Dude I never realized how dope Shamil Randall was for back then. Switch inward heel 5-0, and his overall style is so clean compared to anybody at that time.
that brought back soo many memories!!
omg, wtf... thank you thank you... all time.. mad respect
best season ever
Back in the day when there was nothing wrong with skating a small curb all day long
Jed Walters my son in law was not only a great athlete skater, he was also a true disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Amen
Is this the same Jed that was killed while felling a tree?
Daniel castillo is also in the video...props
I recently got some old blind jeans off ebay hahah so ridiculous...rad
This songs fucking dope
Roccos front shove and fake ollie in the bank was kind of dope..
Steve Rocco's part lol
2nd song?
Ahhh....memories. small wheels big blind jeans
What happened to Jed Walters?? Man... this era. People use “90’s” or “early 90’s” as a catch all for the “Big Pants Small Wheels” era, but in reality it only lasted one and a half years, from late 1991-early 1993 and peaked in 1992. Questionable and Love Child are the prime documents of this style. When you factor in filming and its California epicenter, it took awhile for the trend to reach the rest of the country and eventually dissipate.
By the time of Virtual Reality and New World Order, (mostly) the same skaters were wearing noticeably less absurdly baggy jeans (usually light denim blue) and white t-shirts. Sounds kind of silly, but that was totally the next phase. This was also hugely evident with the debut of Girl. However, it took awhile for everyone else to catch up and many skaters still dressed exactly like Goofy Boy up until 1995 (Jnco jeans must’ve had peak sales in the period).
Then the Hesh vs. Fresh thing really takes off and it’s basically a variant of the “93 ‘Til” style or the Cardiel/Speyer gnar flannel look, which lasts until 2000 and is still pretty common up to the present.
While we’re all pretty nostalgic for this time, I gotta say it was kind of a mess. Their overall lack of pop and grace makes it hard to truly love (with some notable exceptions). It was ultimately a transitional phase amidst a larger transitional era.
I work with Jed Walters now
First, I agree. Jed is probably the biggest one-hit wonder of 90s skating. Love Child blew all our minds (I actually liked it more than Questionable at the time) and Jed’s super high, fully popped kick flip over that little drive way gap was a glimpse into the future. The only other person to really pop a kick flip in a video in or around 92 was Koston in the second 101 video. Jed is a legend from this one video part alone.
As for your summary of the fashion changes of early into mid 90s skating, I think you outlined it well. And what’s underneath much of it is the reminder that in a pre-internet world, trends were organic and spread slowly - never fully making it everywhere before a new one would come to replace it. I remember wearing Blind Jeans with the cut off bottoms and shell toes (which were also making a slow return in hip hop fashion at the time) and kids at my school were bugging. There were like five skaters at the school that year. (Five years earlier and there were probably 30) But that look and feel, as you note, was over with so quickly. Only a year and half later tons of non-skaters were embracing that style through rave culture and it was both thrilling and disgusting to see something that was ours (skaters) mutate and migrate to a different sub culture - with so many never really knowing the origin. Pre-internet times were fascinating.
@@adamgoodell5805 You've described it so well. "Pre-Internet" should be heavily emphasized, for sure. I'm curious where you grew up skating, because there were only about 5 skaters in my school (give or take) during this period and it was extremely unpopular. This was in Aurora, CO (outside Denver). We'd regularly hear "Skate or die, f*gg*t!" shouted out of cars passing our favorite local spot, Target. There were lots more skaters across the Denver metro area and its suburbs, but it was still a very niche thing. Since it took a minute for skating trends to reach us, I'd say Big Pants, Small Wheels was still going strong throughout 1993. However, the Virtual Reality/white t-shirt, stone-washed baggy jeans had sunk in by the fall. I started getting really hyped on Stereo (which definitely became my favorite company throughout 94), as their aesthetic started coming together. Also, I remember buying SNUFF around Christmas 93 and that had a huge affect on me.
It's funny how you described the mutation of the style throughout the remainder of the 90's; it definitely was simultaneously "thrilling and disgusting" to see so many people in clownishly-baggy, cut-off jeans. It was also hilarious in the late 90's when girls started cutting off the top of their jeans; frayed waists and belly button rings. So gross.
@@bennyshambles I went to high school in Cleveland Heights, OH. In the 87-89 Bones Brigade-Animal Chin-Psycho Skate days, there were probably something like 30 or 40 skaters in the middle schools and high school, but by 1990 almost everyone quit. Only the most die-hard stayed on and entered into this new era of big noses, double kicks, Gizmos and Droors. It was an interesting time. My heaviest most die hard skater days were 88-94 and I’d say by even 92 I only knew like 12 skaters personally. But we lived through these videos obviously - like everyone. I’d imagine it was a similar scene all over. I moved to NYC in my 20s and even people I’ve met around here say by 92 the skate population had shrunk a ton. Maybe that’s why the early 90s was such an innovative period for skating (only the most dedicated were doing it). It was an insular, rough period -. but so so important for what was to come.
@@adamgoodell5805 Ah, yes. Totally. I started skating when I was 9 years old (first board was the first Gonz Vision, bought as a complete at Sessions) in that exact same time frame. I was super young, but I remember how popular it was and how it started losing steam majorly right around the time Ban This was released. It seemed like SK8TV was intended to capitalize on this wave, but aired at the same time the craze had began to decline. It makes sense that it was entering the most interesting, innovative and exciting era because, as you said, only the most dedicated were involved. The magazines and videos were huge lifelines.
Rip jed
you must see love child video...
glory dayz
rad never saw the rocco footy.haha I skate like that now dayz hahah
#tenyearschallenge
Needs more knee bend from Karl!
Matt Lenehan lol poor lil karl
lol at the intro, proof back then that world boards suck